IRRV Newsletter 23rd June 2025 to 29th June 2025

Consultations / Inquiries / Surveys etc.

BENEFITS

Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper [Great Britian]

This consultation sets out plans and proposals to reform health and disability benefits and employment support. This Green Paper is an important staging post on a journey of reform, building on the vision and approach set out in the Get Britain Working White Paper in November 2024. It sets out our vision, strategy and proposals for change.

The Department for Work and Pensions want to improve and refine their plans by consulting on certain measures as described within this paper. 

The consultation can be found at  https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/pathways-to-work-reforming-benefits-and-support-to-get-britain-working-green-paper?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=43870569-74d5-4bec-aa32-9273846a5272&utm_content=daily. 

Details of Events (Public and Virtual) can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/pathways-to-work-reforming-benefits-and-support-to-get-britain-working-green-paper?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=423ab085-b76d-4c2d-a4ec-820b22688b3c&utm_content=daily.

The web page (HTML) versions of Chapter 1, 2, 3 and 4 Evidence Packs were added on 29 May 2025.

Closing date for responses is 30 June 2025.

COUNCIL TAX

Proposed changes to the Council Tax proposals and appeals system [Wales]

To meet their commitment to improve the appeals process and provide greater transparency, the Welsh Government planned to make the following changes:-

Clearly define the operational responsibilities of each organisation, the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) and the Valuation Tribunal for Wales (VTW), to improve taxpayers’ understanding of who does what and when.

Enable the VOA to provide taxpayers with their own property data and any available evidence used to arrive at their banding earlier in the process, thus improving transparency and allowing people to make informed choices as early as possible.

Ensure the VOA and the

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